Southampton new signings: Confirmed ins and outs for Summer 2025

Southampton are preparing for another season back in the Championship after getting relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2024/25 campaign.

Indeed, the Saints picked up a mere 12 points in the entirety of the season, the second-fewest total in history after Derby's wretched 2007/08 campaign of 11 points. They needed plenty of reinforcements in the summer window under new head coach Will Still, with plenty of Southampton transfer targets being rumoured in the media as well as the new signings that they have already made.

Southampton new signings Summer 2025

Damion Downs (Koln)

Southampton have signed 21-year-old German striker Damion Downs from Bundesliga side Koln for a reported transfer fee of around £6.9m.

Downs signing grade: A

Downs will be expected to get significant minutes in a Southampton shirt given the price that they have signed him for, and comes from a good level in the Bundesliga.

Joshua Quarshie (Hoffenheim)

Southampton have also shopped in the Bundesliga for German central defender Joshua Quarshie from Hoffenheim for a reported transfer fee of around £3m.

Quarshie signing grade: A

Again coming from a high level in the Bundesliga, Quarshie will improve what was a significantly shaky Southampton backline in the 2024/25 campaign, albeit playing a step up in the Premier League.

Mads Roerslev (Brentford)

Southampton's third signing of the summer transfer window so far has been that of right-back Mads Roerslev from Premier League side Brentford for an undisclosed fee.

Roerslev signing grade: A

Southampton needed to replace Kyle Walker-Peters after he left on a free transfer and eventually joined West Ham in the Premier League. Roerslev is a top-flight level player having come from Brentford, and so will be seen as a big coup by the Saints.

Southampton new signings Summer 2025 – Full list

• Damion Downs (Koln) – £6.9m
• Joshua Quarshie (Hoffenheim) – £3m
• Mads Roerslev (Brentford) – Undisclosed

Southampton confirmed departures Summer 2025

• Kamaldeen Sulemana (Atalanta) – £14.7m
• Jan Bednarek (Porto) – £6.5m
• Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (Strasbourg) – £6.1m
• Paul Onuachu (Trabzonspor) – £4.9m
• Aaron Ramsdale (Newcastle) – Loan
• Kyle Walker-Peters (West Ham) – Free
• Joe Lumley (Bristol City) – Free
• Juan Larios (CyD Leonesa) – Loan
• Adam Lallana (Retired)
• Lesley Ugochukwu (Chelsea) – End of loan
• Albert Gronbaek (Rennes) – End of loan

Southampton transfer window rating so far: Grade B

Southampton have done well in terms of shifting players out of the club after relegation, but Still may feel that they need to bring in a few more players before the summer transfer window shuts. Mind you, the players that they have brought in have also been of the highest quality, so that should also be credited.

Retrospective: Southampton new signings in the Summer 2024 transfer window

Southampton had a frantic summer window, with nine players through the door. However, their window still was not enough to stop them getting relegated back down to the Championship from the Premier League after just one season.

Aaron Ramsdale, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Mateus Fernandes became key players, while Flynn Downes was solid compared to most of his Southampton peers after making his move permanent.